Yeshua taught, “By this everyone will know that you are my followers: if you have love for one another”. Have the followers of Jesus kept this teaching over the last 2000 years? As early as primary school (US: 1st-4th grade), I remember first learning about the...

(the main content of this article was originally written in Nov 2008) Shabbat shalom, my beloved brothers and sisters, This week’s sidra (Dt 17:14-21) covers the biblical Yahwist view of kingship – ‘messiah-ship’, and it is quite different to what Christianity or even...

This blog-post is mostly by way of a reference article for newcomers. Do you have to become Jewish to follow Jesus? Paullist theology has one way of answering the question, "Do you have to become Jewish in order to follow the teachings of Jesus?" Both Paullism and...

Shalom everyone, my name’s Shmulik, and in this blog-post, I’d like to provide you with a brief insight into what Talmidaism is all about. Talmidaism is a modern term for what academics call, ‘Jewish-Christianity’. The term ‘Talmidaism’ was chosen as a substitute for...

Shalom everyone, I recently received a very moving enquiry from someone who asked a very profound question. Without going into personal details (to maintain the anonymity of the enquirer), he basically said that he had lived a terrible and self-destructive life until...

General Introduction Where theology and religion are concerned, ‘Syncretism’ is when you mix together (or ‘syncretise’) the theologies, beliefs and practices of two or more separate religions. Syncretism, by its very nature, is something that humans do. A syncretised...

Shalom my sisters and brothers, Among people in the West, especially those who are anti-Israel, there is the general perception that after Roman times, Jews were always a tiny minority of the population of the Holy Land, and that Arabs were always in the...

The Purpose of this Article I am basically writing this piece to make my personal position clear: I am against those who spread violence and death, whoever they are, and whatever religion they might belong to. I support anyone who is innocent in times of war, whether...

Introduction: The Purpose of Yom ha-Kippurim The majority of this article is taken from the Introduction to the Prayerbook for the Day of Expiations. For a shorter, condensed version of the content in this article, see this blogpost. The whole purpose of the Day of...

Shalom everyone, There are some religious preachers who will threaten or shame you into following their teachings. I‘m not going to do that. There are some religious teachers who will wow you by proclaiming that they are spiritually evolved beings, who have been...